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Derek Walcott was a poet from the
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Caribbean he was born on the island of
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St Lucia in 1930 and won the Nobel Prize
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1992 his poetry often explores themes of
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identity love self-discovery and the
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culture of the Caribbean love after love
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is one of his most famous poems it was
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published in 1976 in his collection C
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grapes this poem talks about self-love
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and rediscovering oneself after facing
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it is about finding joy in oneself and
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accepting who one truly is this video
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covers the explanation and Analysis of
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Love after love by Derek
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Walcott sometimes people become so
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focused on loving someone else that they
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themselves this poem tells the readers
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that a time will come when they will
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recognize their own worth again it
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describes a journey of healing where a
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person learns to love themselves after
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heartbreak or emotional loss explanation
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of love after love by Derek Walcott the
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poem begins with the line the time will
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come this means that in the future there
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will be a moment when something
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important happens the poet is talking
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about a change that will take place in a
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person's life this change will be
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positive it will be a moment of
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happiness and self-acceptance
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the phrase with Elation means with great
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happiness or joy the poet is saying that
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one day a person will be very happy to
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meet himself again this may sound
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strange but it means that after a
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difficult time a person may feel like he
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has lost himself the poem is about
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finding oneself again and feeling happy
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about it the poet describes a person
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greeting himself at his own door this is
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a metaphor a metaphor is a way of
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describing something by saying it is
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something else even though it is not
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literally true the door represents a new
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beginning when the poet says you will
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greet yourself arriving at your own door
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it means that a person will feel like he
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has returned to himself he will
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recognize himself again this is a joyful
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moment because he is welcoming himself
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back as if he is an old friend the
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phrase in your own mirror means that he
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will look at his reflection and feel
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happy the mirror is a symbol of
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in difficult times people may look in
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the mirror and feel lost or
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unhappy but in this moment he will smile
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at himself because he is happy to be who
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he is in the next lines the poet writes
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and each will smile at the others
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welcome this means that both the person
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and his reflection will smile at each
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other this is another way of saying that
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he will feel good about himself he will
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no longer feel lost he will feel at
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peace with who he is the poet is showing
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that self-love is possible the poem
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continues with the words and say sit
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here eat these words are written as if
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someone is talking to another
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person however the poet is really
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talking about a person speaking to
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himself this part of the poem shows
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kindness and Care the words sit here
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suggest rest and comfort the word eat
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nourishment this is both a literal and a
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figurative meaning in a literal sense
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food gives energy to the body in a
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figurative sense food represents
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self-love the poet is encouraging the
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person to take care of himself and find
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joy in life again in the next lines the
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poet says you will love again the
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yourself this is another
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metaphor the word stranger means someone
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unknown but here the poet is talking
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about the person's own self this means
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that after a long time of feeling lost
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or disconnected a person will finally
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recognize and love himself again this
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line is important because it tells us
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that self-love can be rediscovered even
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after it has been forgotten the next
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line say give wine give bread give back
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your heart to itself to the stranger who
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has loved you all your life the words
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wine I and bread are symbols in many
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cultures wine and bread are symbols of
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Celebration nourishment and life the
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poet is using these words to represent
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the good things in life give back your
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heart to itself means to love oneself
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again sometimes people give their hearts
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to others and forget to care for
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themselves the poet is saying that it is
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important to give love to oneself as
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well the line to the stranger who has
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loved you all your life is very
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meaningful it means that even when a
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person forgets to love himself there is
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still a part of them that
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remembers this part of them has always
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been there waiting to be noticed the
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poet is reminding the readers that
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self-love is not something new it has
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always existed within them the poem then
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says whom you ignored for another who
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knows you by heart this means that the
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person has spent too much time focusing
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on someone else and has forgotten about
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himself the phrase who knows you by
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heart means someone who knows everything
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about a person here it refers to the
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true self even if a person forgets
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himself his true self still knows him
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completely in the next lines the poet
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says take down the Love Letters From the
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bookshelf the photographs the desperate
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notes these words describe things that
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are often kept as memories of past
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experiences love letters photographs and
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notes are things people keep when they
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love someone the poet is suggesting that
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it is time to take these things down and
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move on the phrase desperate notes
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sadness these could be letters written
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Heartbreak by taking them down the
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person is letting go of the past the
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poet then says peel your own image from
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the the mirror the word peela means to
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remove something like peeling the skin
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off of fruit here it means removing an
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oneself this suggests that the person
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has changed he is no longer the same as
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before he has found himself again and no
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longer needs to hold on to his past
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image the final lines of the poem say
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sit Feast on your life the word of feast
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it means to have a large and enjoyable
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meal this is another metaphor the poet
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is saying that life should be enjoyed
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fully instead of worrying about the past
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or focusing on others a person should
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celebrate his own life the poem ends
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with a strong and positive message self-
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Lov is important and life should be
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enjoyed analysis of Love after love by
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Derek Walcott the poem is written in
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free verse free verse means that it does
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not follow a specific rhyme scheme or
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meter the lines do not have a fixed
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number of syllables and there is no set
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pattern of stressed and unstressed
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syllables this makes the poem feel
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natural like a conversation or personal
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advice the lack of rhyme gives the poem
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a calm and reflective tone the poem is
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stanzas a stanza is a group of lines in
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a poem each stanza Builds on the central
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idea of self- love and
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self-discovery the poem flows smoothly
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moving from welcoming oneself to
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celebrating life the structure mirrors
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healing first the person recognizes
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himself and then he begins to nurture
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himself finally he celebrates his
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journey the poem uses several symbols to
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represent ideas a symbol is something
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that stands for a bigger idea one
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important symbol in the poem is the a
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mirror a mirror is something we use to
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reflection in the poem it represents
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when the poet says you will greet
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yourself arriving at your own door in
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your own mirror it means that the person
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will finally see himself clearly again
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he will recognize his own value and
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worth another important symbol is a
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Bread and Wine in many cultures Bread
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and Wine are symbols of nourishment and
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celebration when the poet says give wine
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give bread it means that the person
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should take care of himself he should
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nourish his soul and celebrate his
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existence the phrase also reminds
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readers of religious traditions where
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Bread and Wine are used in ceremonies to
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represent spiritual nourishment the
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phrase peel your own image from the
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symbolic the word appeal suggests that
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the person is removing a layer like
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peeling the skin of a fruit this
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symbolizes removing the false self that
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was created by being in a relationship
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with someone else it means rediscovering
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the true self that was hidden one of the
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main themes of the poem is
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self-love the poem teaches the reader to
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embrace himself fully it shows that
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loving oneself is just as important as
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loving another person when people focus
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too much on a relationship they
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sometimes forget who they are this poem
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reminds them to return to themselves and
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appreciate their own worth another theme
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is healing and Recovery the poem
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suggests that after a painful experience
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people can heal the poet reassures the
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readers that a time will come when they
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will feel happy and whole again the
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Journey of healing takes time but
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eventually they will recognize their own
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value and celebrate their life the theme
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of self-discovery is also present the
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poem describes the process of finding
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oneself again after losing touch with
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personal identity when the poet says you
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will love again the stranger who was
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yourself it means that the person will
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ReDiscover the parts of himself he had
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forgotten another theme in the poem is
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Independence the poet encourages the
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readers to take control of their own
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life instead of depending on someone
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else for happiness a person must find
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happiness within himself this theme is
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important because it teaches that true
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fulfillment comes from within not from
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relationships Walcott uses several
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literary devices to make his poem
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meaningful one of these devices is
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imagery imagery is when a poet uses
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words to create pictures in in the
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reader mind for example when Walcott
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writes you will greet yourself arriving
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at your own door he creates an image of
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a person welcoming himself home this
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helps the reader visualize the idea of
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another literary device in the poem is
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personification personification is when
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non-human things are given human
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qualities in the line the stranger who
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has loved you all your life the poet
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describes the self as a stranger who has
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been loving the person all along
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this makes the idea of self- Lov more
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personal and emotional the poet also
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uses repetition to emphasize his message
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the phrase give wine give bread is
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simple but powerful by repeating the
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word give the poet highlights the
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importance of self-care the reader
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understands that taking care of oneself
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process another device used in the poem
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is metaphor a metaphor is a comparison
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between two things without using like or
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as when the poet says Feast on your life
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he does not mean that the person should
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literally eat his life instead he means
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that the person should fully enjoy and
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existence this metaphor makes the idea
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of self-acceptance feel rich and
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fulfilling the tone of the poem is warm
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reassuring the poet speaks to the reader
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as if giving gentle advice the mood of
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the poem changes from sadness to Joy
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at the beginning there is a sense of
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loneliness but by the end there is
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conclusion an explanation and Analysis
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of Love after love by Derek Walcott
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reflects that it is a beautiful poem
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about self-love healing and
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rediscovery it teaches the readers that
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after losing themselves in a
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relationship they will find their true
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self again the poem structure and freee
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style make it feel natural and
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comforting symbols like the mirror Bread
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and Wine add deeper meaning to the
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message themes of Independence recovery
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and self-acceptance make the poem
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universally relatable literary devices
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like imagery personification and
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metaphor enhance the poem's impact
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overall this poem reminds readers that
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they are worthy of Love especially from
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themselves it encourages them to take
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happiness no matter what happens in life
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a person can always return to himself
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and find joy in his own
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company thank you for watching I hope
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after love by Derek Walcott will help
